ProSiebenSat.1 to close TV channel 9Live

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Jörn Krieger | 05-05-2011
German media company ProSiebenSat.1 will close down its quiz channel ...

German media company ProSiebenSat.1 will close down its quiz channel 9Live on 31 May 2001.

Citing reasons for the closure, the company revealed that the channel’s turnover, principally from call-TV shows, had dropped considerably of late.

At the end of May, the production of live call-TV shows will be terminated. From then on, the channel will show fictional programmes such as movies and series for the time being.

The background for the decreasing call-TV revenues are the stronger restrictions for telephone and SMS quiz shows which the media authorities have set with their new guidelines for call-TV competitions.

The watchdogs already imposed several high penalty fines against 9Live in the past months for infringing the guidelines.